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The Lyric Theatre

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Baltimore, Maryland.
Opened in 1894 and originally called The Music Hall has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior January 23, 1986.

(Arts, Letters, Music • Entertainment) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Douglas L. Frost

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Baltimore, Maryland.
Transforming Mount Royal Station captured his imagination. Fostering art, artists, and community captured his creativity. Strengthening the College has become his legacy. Frost Plaza Names in gratitude for his contributions . . .

(Education • Arts, Letters, Music) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

First Site: Arkansas College of Medicine

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Little Rock, Arkansas.
First Site Arkansas College of Medicine Medical Department Arkansas Industrial University 113 West Second Street 1879-1890 Currently located at 4301 West Markham Street This plaque sponsored by the History of . . .

(Education • Science & Medicine) Includes complete text, location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.

Villa Zorayda

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St. Augustine, Florida.
The Villa Zorayda was constructed in 1883 as the winter home of Franklin Smith, a Boston millionaire who was so impressed by the magnificence of the Alhambra Palace which he saw during a visit to Granada, Spain, that he . . .

(Architecture) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Augustus Hill Garland

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Little Rock, Arkansas.
At about this site stood the law office of Augustus Hill Garland Member of House and Senate of the Confederate Congress He prepared and won the case of ex parte Garland in the U.S. Supreme Court, thus effecting the . . .

(War, US Civil • Politics) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Barnard Observatory

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University, Mississippi.
Built 1857-59 by Chancellor F.A.P. Barnard, the Observatory housed the Physics and Astronomy Department until 1939 and was the home of chancellors until 1971. The West Wing, called McCain Hall, was used by the NROTC, . . .

(Notable Buildings • Education • Science & Medicine) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Documenting the Blues

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University, Mississippi.
Front The University of Mississippi is internationally famous for its work in documenting and preserving African American blues culture. In 1983 the Center for the Study of Southern Culture acquired Living Blues magazine, . . .

(Arts, Letters, Music • Entertainment • African Americans) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

School Transportation

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Ashland, Virginia.
Virginia public school boards began providing transportation to white students early in the 20th century but frequently denied this service to African Americans. Black children often had to walk miles to school, leading to . . .

(Education • African Americans) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

William A. Richardson

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San Rafael, California.
Born London 1797. Died Sausalito, California 1856. First Captain of the Port of San Francisco, builder of the first structure on the first street, Calle de la Fundacion, Yerba Buena (now Grant Ave., San Francisco) June 25, . . .

(Settlements & Settlers • Cemeteries & Burial Sites) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Tupelo Campaign: Harrisburg July 14

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Tupelo, Mississippi.
The sun rose on July 14 with Union General Andrew J. Smith having stolen the advantage from Confederate Generals Forrest and Lee. The Union line occupied high ground, facing west and north The Confederate forces, with 7,500 . . .

(War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Strengthening an Icon

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near Sausalito, California.
The Golden Gate Bridge, completed in 1937, is a monument of the last century, and could be damaged by a strong earthquake. Seismic retrofit construction is underway to transform the international icon into a strong and . . .

(Bridges & Viaducts) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Golden Gate

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Sausalito, California.
Providing a narrow entrance to the west coast's most defensible harbor, the strategic value of the Golden Gate is readily apparent. Between 1776 and 1846, Spanish, then Mexican, guns defended the harbor entrance. Starting in . . .

(Natural Features) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Battery Construction No. 129

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near Sausalito, California.
Never named because it was never finished, this battery was designed for the biggest, most powerful guns ever used by the United States military - 16-inch caliber weapons that fired 2,100-pound shells and could hit ships 26 . . .

(Forts, Castles • War, World II) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Tupelo Campaign: Old Town Creek, July 15

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Tupelo, Mississippi.
Although General Smith and the Union troops had defeated the Confederates on July 14, according to Sherman's orders. Smith should have attacked Forrest and Lee in an attempt to destroy the Confederate cavalry. Examining his . . .

(War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Battle of Llanerch Crossing

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Llanerch, Pennsylvania.
The rail lines that met and crossed at Llanerch Junction in the 19th century transformed fields into suburban neighborhoods. In the 20th century, the corner where West Chester Pike and Darby Road meet was a gas station and . . .

(Railroads & Streetcars • Politics) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Druids Hall

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Novato, California.
Originally called Loustaunau Hall, erected in 1895, where many organizations held meetings and socials for nearly 100 years. Now hall of Novato Grove Druids No. 113

(Notable Buildings • Fraternal or Sororal Organizations) Includes location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.

Rancho Nipomo

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Nipomo, California.
Rancho Nipomo, almost 38,000 acres in size, was granted to Boston sea captain William Goodwin Dana, in 1837. The rancho for many years was the first stopping place on El Camino Real south of Mission San Luis Obispo. From . . .

(Agriculture • Settlements & Settlers • Architecture) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Fort Chehalis

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Westport, Washington.
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(Forts, Castles) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The National Flight Academy

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Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida.
“A dramatic multi-day immersive experience in the Magic of Flight” The National Flight Academy is a series of immersive aviation-inspired learning programs using serious games to engage students in Science, Technology, . . .

(Education • Air & Space) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Ft. McKavett – Ft. Clark Military Road

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Roosevelt, Texas.
Ft. McKavett – Ft. Clark Military Road From nearby Ft. Terrett, this Road in 1852 led south to Ft. Clark and north to Ft. McKavett. Selected mainly because it had water available, it served as route for freight and mail, . . .

(Military) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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